Topics in Basic Maser Theory
arXiv:astro-ph/0105205
Abstract
This review covers some of the developments in basic theory of astronomical masers over the past ten years. Topics included are the effects of three dimensional geometry and polarization, with special emphasis on the differences between maser and non-maser radiation.
Review in "COSMIC MASERS: FROM PROTO-STARS to BLACK HOLES", Brazil, March 2001. To appear in proceeding of IAU Symposium 206